01 January, 2012

Historical Highlights - Michael Quentin Morton

Historical Highlights

Quentin Morton grew up in Qatar, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi in the1950s and 1960s. A barrister, he has written a number of books and articles on the history of oil exploration in the Middle East. His latestbook, “Buraimi: The Struggle for Power and Oil in Arabia,” tells the story of the battle over energy resources in the region during the1950s. His father, D.M. “Mike” Morton, was an exploration geologist with the Iraq Petroleum Co. and presented “The Geology of Oman,”to the fifth World Petroleum Congress, New York, in 1959.